"Zombie" is about the ethno-political conflict in Ireland. This is obvious if you know anything of the singer (Dolores O'Riordan)'s Irish heritage and understood the "1916" Easter Rising reference.
"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
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Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over"
Laments the Warrington bomb attacks in which two children were fatally injured on March 23rd, 1993. Twelve year old Tim Parry was taken off life support with permission from his mother after five days in the hospital, virtually braindead.
"But you see it's not me
It's not my family"
References how people who are not directly involved with the violence feel about it. They are "zombies" without sympathy who refuse to take action while others suffer.
Oh no, here it comes again
Can't remember when we came so close to love before
Hold on good things never last
Nothing's in the past
It always seems to come again
Again and again
Again and again, again
Cry out to legions of the brave
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street
Ride out protect us of the realm
Captians at the helm
And sail across the sea of lights
Circles and rings, dragons and kings
Weaving a charm and a spell
Blessed by the night, holy and right
Called by the toll of the bell
Bloody angels fast descending
Moving on a never bending light
Phantom figures free forever
Out of shadows shinning ever bright
Neon knights, neon knights, all right
Neon knights, neon knights
Neon knights, neon knights
Can't remember when we came so close to love before
Hold on good things never last
Nothing's in the past
It always seems to come again
Again and again
Again and again, again
Cry out to legions of the brave
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street
Ride out protect us of the realm
Captians at the helm
And sail across the sea of lights
Circles and rings, dragons and kings
Weaving a charm and a spell
Blessed by the night, holy and right
Called by the toll of the bell
Bloody angels fast descending
Moving on a never bending light
Phantom figures free forever
Out of shadows shinning ever bright
Neon knights, neon knights, all right
Neon knights, neon knights
Neon knights, neon knights
Lyrics submitted by Novartza
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